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highveld|ˈhaɪfɛlt, ˈhaɪvɛlt|
[Partial transl. of Afrikaans hoëveld, f. hoog high + veld.]
The inner plateau of the subcontinent of South Africa, which is from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above sea-level.
1878A. Aylward Transvaal To-day 18 The High⁓veld... The large, bare, but healthy elevated plateau—the great watershed of the Transvaal. 1905J. W. Gregory in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 399 The old rocks that form the foundation of the present high veldt of Rhodesia. 1906Rider Haggard Benita v. 63 They were on the Transvaal high-veld. 1907J. P. Fitzpatrick Jock of Bushveld 223 For perhaps a week the towering bulwarks of the Highveld were visible as we toiled along. 1954D. D'Ewes Mydorp 51 Sirius and the Southern Cross..shining with the ecstatic brightness that only the high⁓veld sky can offer. 1961L. van der Post Heart of Hunter i. ii. 45 My first memories are of the incomparable starlight of the high-veld of Southern Africa and the far sea-sound that goes with it. Ibid. iii. xii. 161 The light of a high-veld sunset. 1971World Archaeol. III. 178 The highveld reaches an altitude of 5,500 feet at Johannesburg. 1972Stand. Encycl. S. Afr. V. 522/1 Highveld, Tvl. and O.F.S... It lies about 1200 to 1800 metres above sea-level, more or less between 26° and 30° S. |